344 THE MORGAN HORSE 



SHERMAN MORGAN (ADAMS') 



Dapple chestnut, stripe in face and white hind ankle, 15^ hands, 1075 

 pounds; foaled 1834; said to be by Sherman Morgan. Owned, 1842, by 

 Lyman Deming, Sandisfield, Mass., who sold to Mr. Adams, Hartford, Conn. 

 Kept at Adams' Hotel, Hartford, and in neighboring towns until he died, 

 1868. 



Wm. G. Comstock, East Hartford, Conn., writes : " He trotted a full 

 mile on the old Hartford track at a fair in 3 :oo when 30 years old, and was 

 sound when he died. He was purely of the Morgan type ; took many pre- 

 miums, and left a very valuable progeny in this section. A good many of 

 his colts were noted for speed". 



BELOIT MORGAN 



Foaled 1834; bred by Ephraim Chamberlain, Lyndon, Vt. ; got by 

 Sherman Morgan : dam said to be by Woodbury Morgan. Taken, 1840, to 

 Beloit, Wis., by John M. Bicknell and Samuel B. Cooper. From "Vermont 

 Stock Journal", June, 1857. 



GRAY MORGAN (AMES') 



Dark dapple gray, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled May i, 1851 ; bred 

 by F. A. White, Berrien Co., Mich. ; got by Beloit Morgan, son of Sherman 

 Morgan : dam gray. Owned by Fisher Ames, Michigan City, Tnd. Re- 

 ceived ist premium at Berrien Co. fair, Mich., 1855, and at LaPorte Co. fair, 

 Ind., 1856. 



Sire of 3d dam of Badger Boy 2 129. 



WILLEY HORSE 



Bay, 15 hands, 900 pounds ; foaled 1834 or '35; bred by Nehemiah 

 Eastman, Farmington, N. H. ; got by Sherman Morgan : dam chestnut, said 

 to have been brought from New York. Sold to Nathaniel Willey, Alton, 

 N. H., who sold him to Eleazer Davis, Tuftonborough, N. H. Appearance, 

 action, disposition and stock good. 



SHERMAN MORGAN (KILBURN'S) 



Dark chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1835 ; bred by Moses 

 Cook, Campton, N. H. ; got by Sherman Morgan : dam foaled about 1820, a 

 fine animal and said to be by a Morgan horse foaled about 1815, weight 1000 

 pounds, that came from Vermont; 2d dam, noo pounds, said to be English. 

 Sold, December, 1848, to Mr. Messer. Owned, 1856, by A. J. Congdon, Lan- 

 caster, N. H., who sold him to George Kilburn, Alstead, N. H. He is said to 

 have been the last colt got by Sherman Morgan. Linsley says : " Very much 

 resembles his sire Sherman, but heavier, stockier and not as much action. 

 A fine horse, and is now kept in the stable at Lancaster, N. H., where the 

 Sherman died". 



MORGAN PEACOCK (SHERMAN MORGAN 2D, YOUNG SHERMAN) 



Dark chestnut, 14^ hands, 950 pounds ; foaled 1845 ; bred by Nicholas 



Meserve, Lee, N. H. ; got by Kilburn's Sherman Morgan, son of Sherman Mor- 



